Ayrton Senna ungoyena “yena mqhubi ubalaseleyo ngalo lonke ixesha” kwabaninzi. Isihloko esixhaswa ngumzuzwana wobukrelekrele njengalowo umqhubi wenqwelomoya waseBrazil wadlala kanye kwiminyaka engama-23 eyadlulayo (NDR: ngomhla wokupapashwa okokuqala kweli nqaku), ngoAprili 11, 1993, kumjikelo wokuqala weEuropean Grand. Iprix eDonington Park.
Emva kwempelaveki ephawulwe yimozulu engazinzanga, ngamanye amaxesha komile kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kumanzi, ugqatso luphele luqhutywa yimvula enkulu. Abagxeki besekethe yesiNgesi (phakathi kwabo abanye abaqhubi) bakhalaza ngokungabikho kweendawo zokudlula. Kwathiwa iDonington Park ineendawo ezimbini ezidlulayo… kakhulu!
Ke, uAyrton Senna - owaziwayo ngezakhono zakhe zokuqhuba emvuleni - wafumana ubuncinci iindawo ezine zokudlula, kwinqanaba lokuqala.
USenna ekugqibeleni wayeza kuluphumelela ugqatso, ephumelela “nangona kunjalo” into abaninzi abayijonga njengeyona “yeyona nxalenye iphambili kwimbali yeFomula 1”. Italente, isantya, isibindi kunye nobuchule kwinqanaba elinye.
Ngokwenyani, kuyafuneka ukubalisa elinye ibali elenzeka kolu hlanga lunye. Emva phaya, kwindawo ye-12 kwigridi, umqhubi omtsha weFomula 1 naye wayenemvula. Ekupheleni komjikelo wokuqala, uSenna wayekwindawo ye-1, phambi kweenqanawa zikaWilliam. Kwaye ngubani owayelandela abakwaWilliams abahleliyo? Umntu omtsha! Ukususela kwi-12 ukuya kwi-4 kwi-lap enye nje, kumzila weendawo ezimbini zokudlula. Ngaba uyalazi igama lalo mqhubi wenqwelomoya? URubens Barrichello!